JPH10155436A - Propolis-containing plant powder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the plant powder useful for health food, medicaments, cosmetics, etc., by making the soluble solid contents of propolis adsorbed and/or absorbed. SOLUTION: For example, Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen from which the terrestrial stems of the roots and the fine roots are removed and which is dried at it is prepd. Next, this Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen is cut and is made into powder of 100 meshes. The propolis of an eucalyptus system produced in Brazil extracted with 95v.% ethanol is prepd. to 10w/v% solid content derived from the propolis. Next, 300cc this propolis liquid is added to 200g Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen powder and the mixture is stirred. After the propolis liquid is adsorbed and absorbed to the Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen powder, the mixture is subjected to a pressure reduction at 20 to 80 deg.C, by which the ethanol is removed. The Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen raw powder from which the ethanol is removed is pulverized by a mill, by which the desired plant powder is obtd.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plant powder containing propolis suitable for health foods, medicines, cosmetics and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, propolis has attracted attention as a raw material for health foods, cosmetics, and even pharmaceuticals. Propolis is a natural substance produced by bees that collect plant sap and buds and act on humoral enzymes. Propolis is generally used as an alcohol (ethanol) solution because it is hardly soluble in water or hot water, as is known as bee fat. However, alcoholic liquids have many problems to be improved, such as strong stimulation, poor dispersion when used in addition to water or hot water, separation of fats, and adhesion of fats to containers. Therefore, the present inventors first considered improving the usability by dissolving or supporting propolis in a non-alcoholic water-soluble solvent. In addition to studying fusion with many extracts useful as health foods instead of alcohol, liquid sugar containing basidiomycete extract dissolved by the method of Patent No. 1624318 is extremely stable and has a high concentration. To dissolve and carry propolis in the form of a propolis complex, Japanese Patent Application No. 02-418842 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-262751). On the other hand, plant materials such as ginseng have been used as powders in health foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and the like since ancient times. A typical example is Panax ginseng.
C. A. M _EYER ). It has been called Ginseng since ancient times and has prized its roots. Recently, attention has been focused on the same araliaceae (Araliacea).
e) The three ginseng of the plant (also referred to as Tanashi or Tasan). This plant is distributed from southeastern Yunnan province to southwestern Guangdong province, and has three ginseng Panax notoki.
nseng ( _BURK .) H. C _HEN [= P. s
anchi Hoo, P .; pseudo-ginsen
g W _ALL . var. notoginseng (B
_URK . ) Hoo, et T _SENG ]. Today, interest in this ginseng is growing because of its excellent health benefits for the heart and vasculature, which accounts for many of the health problems of middle-aged and elderly people in an aging society. In recent years, China has found that ginseng powder increases blood flow in the coronary arteries, reduces the burden on the heart, and also reduces lipoid content and cholesterol in the blood. It is applied to the treatment of coronary artery disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and hypertension.

[0003] There are two types of 37 ginseng on the market. One type is Ichichichi (also called Ikutachichi), which is obtained by removing the above-ground stems and fine roots of roots and drying them as they are. The other type is mature sachi (also known as mature rice shiro), which is obtained by removing the above-ground stems and fine roots and drying it (called coins), putting it in a hemp bag, adding beeswax and shaking it many times.
The surface is finished in glossy black-brown. In China, the ginseng has been prized as "gold fiat", which is called precious.

[0004]

The beeswax used in the process of ripening in China at that time was obtained by melting a honeycomb, and was a compound in which various products of bees were mixed together. Met. Even today, beeswax is used as a raw material for medicines and cosmetics, but it has a very different form, as represented by salami beeswax, which is a refined and extracted wax component. It is thought that the original natural beeswax contained propolis (also called bee tar) along with the wax secreted by bees from the wax glands of the abdomen. Propolis is a bactericidal natural substance produced by bees collecting sap and young shoots and mixing body fluids. Bees use propolis to sterilize and repair their nests. Therefore, the natural beeswax also contains this propolis, pollen, honey and other bee products. These are all substances that have been awarded as health foods. Conventionally, in the aforementioned manufacturing process
The significance of adding natural beeswax and shaking it many times is the surface treatment of radish, which is considered to have stabilized the radish by the bactericidal and protective actions of beeswax.
However, considering that such a treatment is peculiar to 37 ginseng and the surface of the beeswax treatment is also crushed and eaten, the synergy between bee products such as propolis and ginseng is considered. Conceivable. Today, boom propolis as a health food is not directly described in ancient Chinese herbal medicine, but beeswax used in the process of maturity is attracting attention as a contact point between Chinese herbal medicine and propolis.

[0005] Even today, a large number of matured seventy-seven ginseng are commercially available. The inventor of the present invention obtained from various fields the matured sunflower has a black-brown finish similar to the ancient record, but no evidence of propolis was observed on the surface. It is thought that the surface of the ginseng was simply finished in some way to a similar dark brown color. Some of them could be dark brown by simply immersing them in water. As a result of cutting and observing the obtained matured 37, the inside was in the same state as raw 37. Therefore, the aforementioned ripening treatment of the ancient tradition, that is, a treatment of removing the above-ground stems and fine roots and drying them (called "coins"), placing them in hemp bags, adding unrefined natural beeswax, and shaking them was attempted. However, even with the obtained matured 37, the treatment remained on the surface, and the inside was still in the same state as the raw 37. When propolis was artificially added to beeswax, the results were similar. When this matured 37 is pulverized into a powder that is in a normal use form, it is substantially a mixture of raw 37 powder and beeswax for surface treatment, and it is an efficient mixture of propolis and three ginseng. Use is considered difficult. Even if propolis is significantly mixed into beeswax, it is adsorbed together with the wax component of beeswax, so that it is difficult to adjust to water or hot water, and there is a problem in efficient use. This problem cannot be ameliorated by the ancient method of making mature rice, which requires beeswax as an essential requirement. Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide an effective active substance powder of propolis and radish ginseng. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the roots of plants of the Ukogi family such as Panax ginseng (Ginseng), bamboo ginseng, and Cantonese ginseng, which are closely related to the Chinese herbal material such as 37 ginseng,
It provides an active substance powder of many other plant materials and propolis.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a propolis-containing plant powder obtained by adsorbing and / or absorbing a soluble solid content of propolis.

[0007]

The present invention adsorbs the soluble solids of propolis and / or
Or the absorbed propolis-containing plant powder is originally
It has a property of stably carrying propolis, which is hardly compatible with hot water and water, and dispersing well in hot water and water, so that both propolis and plant powder can be used efficiently.

[0008]

An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a ginseng will be described below. First, the preparation process of the three ginseng used in this example is shown. Remove the above-ground stem and fine roots of the root of 37 ginseng and dry it as it is. Next, this was shredded to obtain a powder of 100 mesh. Hereinafter, the 37 ginseng in this state is referred to as a ginseng original powder.

Next, an ethanol extract of propolis is prepared. Here, Brazilian eucalyptus propolis extracted with 95% by volume of ethanol was used after adjusting the propolis-derived soluble solid content to 10 w / v% (hereinafter referred to as a propolis solution). Here, the soluble solids refer to solids dissolved in ethanol in a propolis component which is a natural product. The measurement of the soluble solids can be performed by weighing the solids remaining after evaporating the ethanol of the propolis solution. Next, 200 g of ginseng powder
, 300 cc of this propolis solution is added and stirred. After adsorbing and absorbing the propolis solution on the ginseng powder,
The ethanol solution not absorbed and absorbed is removed by filtration. In this case, a centrifugal separation method, a vacuum filtration method, or the like can be used. Next, the ginseng powder having absorbed the propolis solution is decompressed at a temperature of 20 ° C. to 80 ° C. to remove ethanol. Next, the ginseng powder from which the ethanol content has been removed is milled and pulverized to obtain the propolis-containing ginseng powder of this example. In this embodiment, powders having different properties can be obtained by selecting the contact time between the propolis solution and the powder of the ginseng. Next, the test example is shown. Prepare 100 mesh of ginseng powder and propolis solution (ethanol extract) soluble solids 10w / v%, stir and mix,
By changing the contact time between the two, the soluble solid content of the propolis adsorbed and absorbed on the powder of the ginseng was examined. In each case, the results using 20 g of ginseng powder and 30 cc of propolis solution are shown in the table.

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[Table 1]

[0013] Even if the powdered ginseng powder of the same particle size is affected by the processing method and surface condition, as shown in the above table, the propolis content tends to increase as the contact time is increased. This is because the propolis permeates into the bulk. If the treatment time is short, prophoris adsorbed on the surface occupies the mainstream, and if sufficient time is spent, the proportion of propolis absorbed and absorbed inside increases. Normally, the contact time between 37 ginseng powder and propolis is
Choose from a few minutes to about 10 days. The ratio of adsorption and absorption of propolis is also related to the particle size of the bulk powder. Even with the same processing time, when the particle size is large, the proportion of adsorbed propolis increases, and when the particle size is small, the proportion of propolis absorbed inside increases. The ratio between the adsorption and the absorption can be appropriately selected according to the usage form of the ginseng powder finally obtained, as described later.

Although the embodiment has been described above, the present invention can be variously modified. For example, the soluble solid content of the propolis solution was 10 w / v%, but is not limited thereto, and 1 to 30 w / v% is usually applied. As a result of performing the same test as the above example on a 20 w / v% prophoris solution, a ginseng powder containing 10% or more of a soluble solid content was obtained. In addition, the applicable propolis liquid can use various organic solvents, such as methyl alcohol and acetone, which can be removed in a later step, in addition to the ethanol liquid, and the powder that has absorbed and absorbed the propolis-soluble solids of each solvent is used. can get. In order to allow the prophoris solution to penetrate promptly, the ginseng is preferably small in particle size, but is not limited. If the processing time is increased from several days to several months to one year, it may be in the form of a crushed material, a wheel, or an original. However, from the granulation properties in the post-process, it is practical that powder having a particle size of 10 to 200 mesh is brought into contact with the propolis solution, the solvent is evaporated after the solvent is separated, and further milling is performed to make the powder fine. desirable.

[0013] The ginseng powder finally obtained in the present invention can be further hardened into granules or granules by a conventional method. Propolis itself has properties as a granulating agent, and granulation without other binders is possible. In this case, it is significant that a propolis-containing ginseng powder in which the ratio of the adsorption and absorption of the soluble solids of the propolis is appropriately selected is obtained. This is because the properties of the powder can be adjusted to the granulation conditions as described above. It is also possible to further reduce the adsorbed propolis on the powder surface, for example,
The ginseng powder that has absorbed and adsorbed propolis may be washed with ethanol, and only the propolis-soluble solids that have permeated and absorbed inside the powder can be left. In addition, the powder having a high ratio of soluble solids absorbed therein is a powder having a large particle size as described above, in the form of a crushed product, a round piece, or a raw material,
It can also be obtained by bringing it into contact with a propolis solution, then separating, removing ethanol, and milling to make a fine powder. The ginseng powder, in which the soluble solids of propolis are absorbed as described above, can form relatively soft granules, while the powder in which the proportion of the soluble solids of propolis adsorbed on the powder surface is relatively large, Granulation can be hard and slow dispersion. As described above, it is advantageous that the granulation conditions can be appropriately selected without additives in accordance with use in health foods, cosmetic materials, and the like. The ginseng powder according to the present embodiment and the grains using the ginseng powder can stably maintain the effects of propolis and ginseng due to the sterilizing effect of propolis.

Although the present invention has been described above with respect to propolis-containing radish ginseng powder, the present invention is also applicable to propolis and many other plant powders. For example, the present invention can be applied to ginseng (panax ginseng), bamboo ginseng, guangdong ginseng, eleuthero, etc., which are the same as the three ginseng.
Furthermore, it can be applied to health foods and cosmetics, and also to many other plant powders used as pharmaceuticals. For example, powders of roots, nuts and leaves of various plants used as raw materials for Chinese medicine and health foods. Further, the present invention can be applied to powders of algae such as chlorella and spirulina, and powders of mushrooms such as Sarnoshikokake.

[0015]

According to the present invention, propolis can be used by adsorbing and absorbing the plant powder on the plant powder. In this case, the propolis does not adhere to or separate from the container as in the case of alcoholic solution, and the health is improved. The usability as food can be improved. In addition, the present invention can stably provide plant powder such as ginseng containing propolis, and by appropriately setting the ratio of adsorption and absorption of soluble solids of propolis, the granulation conditions of the powder Has the advantage that it can be selected without addition. As a result, it is possible to provide a propolis-containing plant powder having enhanced utility in foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and the like. Furthermore, when the present invention is applied to various carrots of the above-mentioned plant of the family Astridaceae, the finally obtained propolis-containing powder is particularly well-suited to water and hot water, and has an effect of excellent dispersibility. This is particularly noticeable in the sane ginseng. It can be said that ginseng of the araliaceae family is the most excellent natural product that uses and absorbs and absorbs propolis. It is considered that ketones and saponins, which are the specific components of ginseng, act on the soluble solids of propolis adsorbed and absorbed by the powder, giving them a property that they are easy to disperse in hot water or water. This is extremely beneficial for the efficient use of both propolis and ginseng as health foods.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for adsorbing soluble solids of propolis and / or
Or a propolis-containing plant powder obtained by absorption.